Philosopher George Santayana famously said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” That warning sounds more ominous once you realize how many college students can’t understand a history book. In a recent story for The Atlantic, Rose Horowitch addressed the decline in the ability of college students at elite institutions to
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Scimeca: Faulty science claims prolonged talc lawsuit
For 15 years and counting, the Johnson & Johnson talc litigation saga continues to play out in our nation’s court system, adding another exhibit to the unfortunate truism that the wheels of justice turn slowly. This mass tort case, concerning allegations that the company’s baby powder products cause ovarian cancer, has recently been moved to Texas in the hope
Bruins notebook: Jeremy Swayman, Linus Ullmark to face off as opponents
The Bruins may not have reached their goal of a Stanley Cup when they had the best goaltending tandem in the NHL, but they won a lot of hockey games in those two years. And each of those wins was punctuated by a demonstrative hug between Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman, the starter drenched in
Angus Benfield tells veteran’s life-changing story in “The Keeper”
While a celebration of military veterans, “The Keeper” is hardly the gung ho drama you might imagine. Instead, this true story of heartbreak, despair and regeneration focuses on the broken soldiers who come back home – and die by their own hands. US Army vet George Eshleman in 2016 took the name tags of 363